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Boneyard files: Boeing B-47 Stratojet – the final landing of the SAC veteran

A look at the Boeing B-47 Stratojet at Davis-Monthan in the late 1960s, covering its swept-wing design, Cold War role, and ...
The National Interest

Boeing B-47 Stratojet: America’s First Jet Bomber That Broke All the Rules

The Stratojet made her maiden flight on December 17, 1947, and officially entered U.S. Air Force service in June 1951. Compared with the Peacemaker that preceded her, the Stratojet was relatively ...
The Aviationist

Boeing’s B-47 Stratojet Goes Cold War Spying: The story of the RB-47

Originally designed as a medium bomber, the B-47 also had a lesser known and more secretive role in the Cold War, serving in a reconnaissance role as the RB-47 to monitor the Soviet military and its ...
The National Interest

The B-47 Stratojet Was Too Well-Designed for Its Own Good

The B-47 was so aerodynamically clean that generating the drag necessary to slow down and land safely required the use of drogue parachutes. The B-47 Stratojet, a Cold War-era strategic bomber, ...